Art Janitor
not down by the schoolyard
but trapped in janitor attire
shiny specks revealed beneath
his dust
he OWNS it!
and controls
sweeping motions and
one more arm circle,
still not tired.
But cells shift into what
Kandinsky couldn't describe
in ever so many words
and so many COLORS.
Puff of breath reaches one arm out
once more
lurking around minute strength
from growing thin moon.
HIS boots are waning over dust
heavy with monotony
HE is reflected by bad photographs
the children he cleans up after
call art
and don't call themselves children
but adults
even though real experience
is doing what he's doing
through age
and choice
thinking what they've thought.
Copyright © Brooke Wolfe | Year Posted 2007
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